Training Total Image Professionals

Based in Korea, IPIB connects personal color, fashion, beauty and image branding through professional education. Our approach starts with understanding individuality and developing that understanding into professional skills.

PRESIDENT / LEADERSHIP

Expertise that shapes education

Manhee Kim

Personal image consulting expert

30 yearsImage consulting experience

IPIB: President
STYLEMAHN: CEO
Konkuk University: Adjunct lecturer

Selected professional experience

Academic & teaching experience

PhD in Science, Clothing and Textiles, Design & Total Coordination, Konkuk University (2013)
Adjunct professor and master’s thesis supervisor in Beauty Design, Graduate School of Design, Konkuk University
Lecturer in Design & Total Coordination, Graduate School, Konkuk University
Teaching experience in K-Beauty Industry Convergence, Konkuk University Institute of Continuing Education
Personal color and fashion body-fit training at HAN BEAUTY, Hong Kong

Judging & professional education

Judge at the 2025 and 2026 Miss Korea pageants
Image branding lecture for Miss Korea 2026
Personal color, makeup and ICRU lectures for Miss Korea: 2006–2011, 2015 and 2023
MAKE-UP IN ASIA judge, 2016 and 2017
Personal color education for a Kyung Hee University executive course and corporate lectures

Corporate & media work

Total image branding for Shinsegae and Lotte Home Shopping hosts
Corporate training for Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance, DB Financial Group and Yakson Myungga
Makeup, hair and fashion styling direction for advertising, editorials and music videos
Broadcast styling and related interviews for SBS TV, KBS2 TV, MBN TV and Channel A

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP

around 30 years of experience, shared through education

President Manhee Kim connects theory and practice in color, style and beauty through around 30 years of image consulting experience.

IPIB BRAND IDENTITY

The colors of IPIB. The possibility to grow.

IPIB’s brand identity is built on three colors: magenta, sky blue and white.

MAGENTA#FF26AB

Magenta

Creativity · Individuality · Innovation

The energy to open new paths and grow into an original, creative professional. Through education and certification, individuals discover their own perspective and express it with creativity.

SKY BLUE#008BCF

Sky Blue

Trust · Wisdom · Possibility

Trust, wisdom and open possibilities developed through professional learning. It represents the confidence to bring expertise and new potential to the world.

WHITE#FFFFFF

White

Purity · Transparency · Confidence

A foundation that holds every color. White reveals each person’s unique beauty with clarity and creates room for confident self-expression.

Through education and certification, IPIB supports the growth of trusted professionals who express their unique colors and individuality in harmony.